Ngati Raukawa, lived in Otaki region
Te Wano, Enoka, active 1872-1900
H T Whatahoro Jury - Maori Land Court note book
Date: 1900-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B005
Description: Contains verbatim evidence from sittings of the Maori Land Court at Otaki and in the South Island to hear subdivision and succession cases, with details of land ownership and occupation, whakapapa and ancestral rights, pa and mahinga kai and notes about current use of land; a letter to Te Whatahoro from his daughter is also included Enclosures - 1 page letter dated Maehe 12 1907 inserted in the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 3
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1900-1904
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-124
Description: Contains whakapapa, with particular reference to Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa and shows relationship to the Kingitanga, waiata, and notes about the migration of Ngati Apa from the Whakatane area to Rangitikei, and notes about the Kurahaupo canoe (passengers etc) Also contains notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims
Date: Jan-June 1879
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-15
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related finances and other issues, concentrated in the lower West Coast of the North Island There are also letters with regard to the formal engagement of Buller as a lawyer, money-lending and other financial matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims
Date: 1880
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-17
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters; also contains letters dealing with money-lending and the payment of legal fees and accounts Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori Land Court - Assessor's book
Date: 1894
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4814
Description: Records from the sitting of the Maori Land Court in Otaki as recorded by the Maori Assessor, A H Kumeroa; the records include ver batim transcripts of the questions and answers before the court in Maori, and whakapapa material Also contains a draft lease for land at Wairarapa for Teri Paerata and a notice from Te Kahiti o Niu Tireni
Maori letters mainly dealing with land claims
Date: 1877
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-13
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his role as a lawyer, with regard to land tenure, finances and other related issues; there are also letters about the operations of a timber mill at Manawatu, information about Te Aute College, a copy of a petition to the Governor calling for a rehearing of the Maori Land Court with regard to land at Horowhenua, a record of the changing of a girl's name following a death in the family, two lists of members of the Ngati Parewahawaha hapu There are also letters requesting compensation for livestock and crops taken by troops during a land dispute at Poutu Finding Aids: See inventory for index to writers of the letters held in this folder.
Personal business papers
Date: [1887-1897]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-216
Description: Correspondence, notes, draft legal agreements, receipts and other papers; also includes electorate material; account book; letters from Field to Harry; receipt relating to Mrs John Hoggard; account, Jim Stewart (1887) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter of agreement from Ngati Raukawa peoples in Tirau
Date: 1 Feb 1872
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0696A-04
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Letters in Maori
Date: 1881-1882
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-011F
Description: Contains letters about various subject matter including letters to Te Korimako (Maori newspaper). Also includes "panui tangata mate", or death notices, for two Nga Puhi, Te Roroa people from Waipoua. Arrangement: Previously from 1/1 Official Correspondence series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
Genealogies
Date: [1930-1950]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-01
Description: Twenty-eight tables of genealogy including Taikapurua, Watana Akitu, Te Ahu Karamu, Hone Makimereni, Kingi Puihi (Te Rangiotu), Wiremu Te Aweawe, Winiata and Nicholson families, Hori Wirihana, Ngati Raukawa, Te Hakeke (Ngati Apa), Utiku Hapeta, Major Kemp, Enoka Te Wano, Arapata te Hiwi, Manahi te Hiakai, Waretini Tuainuku, Emily Broughton, meeting houses, Riria Makirika (Sciascia), Kipa Roera, Ngati Tara and Rangitane, Te Ao family, Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Pomare, Te Rauparaha, Parata and Bevan families and loose notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
One of the first Maori programmes for races at Otaki, 1868. Come! Come! Notice to all. ...
Date: 1868
Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1868-01
Description: Translation of a poster announcing a Maori race meeting at Otaki lists the race stewards, and gives a list of nine rules to be observed by horse owners, jockeys and racegoers. Bringing drink, drinking too much, and swearing were not allowed. Horses' names must not be changed (in order to conceal past wins). Girls could not be jockeys. Stewards were: Chairman: Hoani Taipua and friends Judge: Enoka Te Wano and friends Starter: Hori Te Waru and friends Clerk of Course: Hohepa Te Hana Clerk of Scales: Inia Hoani Handicapper: Honoiti Ranapiri and his wife Treasurer: Hiwi Piahana Secretary: Puke Te Ao An account of this meeting is given in Wattie Carkeek's "A century of racing", "Te Ao Hou", No. 23 (July 1958), pages 25 ff. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 455 x 192 mm.